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Report: The Start Button Is Coming Back to Windows

If you’ve been pining for the Start button since Windows 8 arrived on the scene, perhaps some good news: sources who’ve spoken to the Verge claim that it will reappear in Windows 8.1. The sources have suggested that the newly reintroduced button will let users access the Start Screen—not the traditional Start Menu. It will,…

Microsoft Will Finally Offer Two-Step Verification For Your Entire Account

Over the next few days Microsoft will begin rolling out an overhaul to accounts, which will include a crucial security upgrade: Two-step verification. This will go a long way to preventing hackers from getting into your account and causing all sorts of damage. So if you have a Microsoft Account, you should definitely set the…

Report: Microsoft’s Smart Watch Is Coming from the Xbox Team

It was no big surprise when the Wall Street Journal started reporting that Microsoft was working on a smart watch. Really, who isn’t at this point? Now sources are telling The Verge that the watch is a thing, and that it’s coming from the Xbox team. https://gizmodo.com/wsj-microsoft-is-designing-a-touch-enabled-watch-5994645 According to the rumors, Microsoft has just put…

Foxconn Is Microsoft’s Biggest Patent Licensee (Of, Uh, Android Patents…?)

Foxconn has become Microsoft’s biggest single patent licensee. While that might not be surprising—the Taiwanese manufacturer produces an amazing 40 percent of the world’s consumer electronic devices—the fact that the patents are over Android might be. In fact, Microsoft has long insisted that anybody making an Android device needs to license its patents. Somehow, it’s…

Flixster comes to Xbox today, which includes trailers, Rotten Tomatoes scores and access to your UltraViolet collection.

Facebook Is Talking to Apple About Making Facebook Home for the iPhone

According to Bloomberg, Facebook is currently in talks with Apple to bring Facebook Home to the iPhone. Mind you, that doesn’t mean we should expect Facebook Home to actually come to the iPhone (as that seemingly wouldn’t jive with Apple’s MO) but it does show Facebook’s obvious desire to bring more Facebooking to more phones.…

Watch This Timelapse of Microsoft’s Original HQ Being Built From Scratch

Check out this fantastic timelapse of Microsoft’s original headquarters being built. Back in 1985, when planners plotted out the rising company’s campus, Microsoft figured it’d need 88 acres of land in a forest near a one-stoplight suburb of Seattle called Redmond. The first office complex was a total of four star-shaped buildings you see in…

WSJ: Microsoft Is Designing a Touch-Enabled Watch

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft is working with suppliers to develop a new touch-enabled watch device, which sees it jumping on the same rumored bandwagon as Apple and Samsung. https://gizmodo.com/the-nicest-apple-iwatch-concept-yet-5990104 Citing executives from Microsoft’s suppliers, the Journal reports that Asian manufacturers have been shipping components to Ballmer and co so that the…

Instagraph: Your Instagram Workaround for WP8

Instagraph is an app that posts your photos to Instagram from Windows Phone. Sure, it’s not the official app. But it’s about as close as you’re going to get for the foreseeable future. What does it do? The makers of Instagraph have figured out a way to get photos queued up to post without using…

WSJ: Microsoft Is Working on a 7-Inch Surface

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft is currently developing a new line of Surface tablets, including a 7-inch version which should go into mass production later this year. According to “people familiar with the company’s plans”, a seven-incher wasn’t originally part of Microsoft’s scheming, but the rise of the Nexus 7 and iPad…

The WSJ says that Microsoft is working on a 7-inch version of its Surface Tablet

Report: The Next Xbox Controls Your TV and Cable Box—with Kinect

This would make a lot of sense in a lot of ways. According to the Verge, the next Xbox will control your TV, and makes some actual sense out of the rumored “always online” feature of the new console. It’s also packed with some interesting new Kinect features that could foreshadow the direction Microsoft is…

This week, Netflix is rolling out an update to its Xbox app that adds a brand new Netflix Originals landing page.

Microsoft accounts will soon have two-step authentication along with an Authenticator app for Windows Phone 8

Good news for Windows Phone 8 users with control complexes: you finally get your very own Nest thermostat app.

Verge is reporting that Microsoft is planning a “next-generation Xbox announcement” event for May 21st.

What Verizon’s Nokia Lumia 928 Will Probably Look Like

We’ve heard about the thinner, lighter and better variant of the Nokia Lumia 920 that Verizon is expected to get and now we get a look of what it’ll look like. Probably. The reliable leak happy @evleaks Twitter account has posted pictures of a black Lumia 928 and it looks great (it also looks like…

Sorry Other Gamers—Xbox Users Are Better At Sex

Looks like all those sleepless nights cozied up next to the tender warmth only an Xbox can provide have finally paid off. For you, noble Xbox user, have officially been crowned the Sexy Time Champ. As Metro reports, VoucherCodesPro conducted a study that polled the significant others of 1,747 gamers to find out A) which…

According to our bleep bloop brethren at Kotaku, the next Xbox will require an internet connection to start games. Egad!

Bill Gates and Paul Allen Recreate Iconic 1981 Microsoft Photo

Back in 1981, Bill Gates and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen pulled of an audacious feat: they licensed MS-DOS to IBM, but in a deal that saw them retain entire control of the software. To mark the occasion, the pair were photographed amid a sea of contemporary computers—and now they’ve recreated the image. The picture, taken…